Children of low socioeconomic status show accelerated linear growth in early childhood; results from the Generation R Study.
OBJECTIVES: People of low socioeconomic status are shorter than those of high socioeconomic status. The first two years of life being critical for height development, we hypothesized that a low socioeconomic status is associated with a slower linear growth in early childhood. We studied maternal edu...
Main Authors: | Lindsay M Silva, Lenie van Rossem, Pauline W Jansen, Anita C S Hokken-Koelega, Henriëtte A Moll, Albert Hofman, Johan P Mackenbach, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Hein Raat |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3359354?pdf=render |
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